During holidays, many transit agencies (with the exception of some larger city transit agencies like NYCMTA for example) scale back service due to lower ridership and to allow many of their employees to take a day off. Below are some of the holiday service hours for several Tampa Bay area transit agencies.HART:New Year’s Day: NoContinueContinue reading “Holiday Schedules”
Category Archives: Transit Districts
Changes coming to PSTA
Note: The original links to the PSTA website no longer work. I’ve posted a link to the Tampa Bay Newspapers Weekly site, which has an archived article on these changes. Route 22 – which was merged into Route 1, was restored in 2015 after Route 1 was axed due to being the lowest ridership route inContinueContinue reading “Changes coming to PSTA”
Route 19 Late-Night Service
Service Expansion. The other night, I rode the Route 19 from Britton Plaza to almost Port Tampa. I must say, that even for the 10:00 hour, ridership was fairly modest. Seven people onboard (myself included) to be exact. I’m willing to bet that when the bus made its rounds from downtown to Tampa General Hospital,ContinueContinue reading “Route 19 Late-Night Service”
Update to the bus repainting efforts…
During the last several weeks, I’ve also spotted a number of HARTplus paratransit vehicles sporting new liveries, in addition to local bus #2015 that I mentioned earlier.However, #2015 remains the only repainted bus in the regular fleet that sports HART’s new livery. I’m sure that in the next several months, several more buses will beContinueContinue reading “Update to the bus repainting efforts…”
HART rolls out repainted buses for local routes amid reporting record ridership levels.
Some of you may have noticed in recent weeks that many of HART’s buses look like they’re literally going to the dogs. Especially in respects to the exterior paint being scratched away in some areas.Rest assured; the entire fleet is in good hands. In fact, a couple buses rolled out this week with a freshContinueContinue reading “HART rolls out repainted buses for local routes amid reporting record ridership levels.”
HART proposed service changes – second update
As of the end of July, it seems that HART has approved the proposed array of fare changes and shelved some service changes until next year. What still has me upset is that HART chose to keep the Route 89 in place with no dramatic changes to that route at all.Like I had posted earlier;ContinueContinue reading “HART proposed service changes – second update”
HART service change proposals for 2008 – first revision
HART has recently revised its proposals for service adjustments for next year, based on public input. Because South Tampa services matter the most to me, I will first highlight those changes. According to the HART website, changes/eliminations to Route 89 are no longer being considered. Why? It’s quite obvious really…the handful of low income patronsContinueContinue reading “HART service change proposals for 2008 – first revision”
SCAT increases service
I promised earlier on that I would not leave out the six other counties that are covered by TBARTA. Well, I am going to commit to that promise by commenting on the increased bus service by Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT).For quite a while now, SCAT has only ran service on weekdays and Saturdays, withContinueContinue reading “SCAT increases service”
My opinion on HART’s proposals
South Tampa – Routes 4, 19, 36, 85, and 89 First off, Routes 85, 87, 88, and 89 are all failing routes, with only a handful of riders per day. With the rising cost of gas, and the property tax rollback hurting HART’s budget, it makes a lot of sense to eliminate these four routes.ContinueContinue reading “My opinion on HART’s proposals”
HART to make sweeping changes in the fall
Since I began using the HART system in the fall of 2006, I have never seen any fare and service change that would be on such a grand scale. Well people, sweeping changes are coming… According to HART’s website, such changes will include increasing the base fare for regular bus service by 25 cents toContinueContinue reading “HART to make sweeping changes in the fall”
The Global Transit Guidebook 